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No BucksThe prestigious project of former President Leonel Fernández, the Metro of Santo Do-mingo, didn't get any subsidies of the go-vernment any more since shortly after the elections, which ended Leonel Fernández' third term. Although officially the Metro generates 65 million pesos annually with 100,000 paying passengers a day, the need for subsidies amounts to eight to nine mil-lion dollars a year. To date, the state already owes 500 million pesos to the contractors who build the second line, which should be completed by year-end. Operating company Opret meanwhile stands with its back to the wall, because in addition to the completion of Line 2, Line 1 has to be maintained. There are already problems with filtrations and the electric escalators.

Playa Preciosa

That's inside today:

Danilo Medina at the UN Page 4

New 200-Peso Bill Page 5

Increase of Penalties Page 6

Ex-Minustah-Members jailed Page 7

Your Horoscope for October Page 8

Elections in Venezuela Page 9

POP Discover 2012 Page 10

Fun and Sudoku Page 12

La Sabia: The Page of Health Page 13

What is he singing? Page 14

Stars and Starlets Page 15

Playa Preciosa is the neighboring beach of Playa Grande, close to Río San Juan. Pic: WR

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Join the Newest Community for Foreign Residents, which is located on the Malecón in Puerto Plata. With 24 hour security and power you will want to be a part of this one of a kind lifestyle in the heart of Puerto Plata, steps away from the beach, with a huge pool, only 10 minutes away from the supermarket and now with a new cafeteria. The lush tropical gardens at the Costatlantica Complex are gorgeous and after 7pm every night the dozens of Ylang Ylang trees release their famously romantic scent.

At the 67th Assembly of the United Nations General, also the new Dominican President Danilo Medina made a speech to the General Assembly. His theme was poverty and development. He explained that poverty is more than just a family with no income. The economy should be at the service of the people and not the people at the service of the economy. “To increase the quality of life and reduce poverty and social exclusion may stimulate a healthy eco-

nomic growth”, said Medina. Due to the global economic crisis, achieving the desired Millennium Development Goals is in danger in the developing countries.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (photo) praised the Dominican president's plans for reducing poverty after a meeting with him. The measures, which Medina has taken in the first month of his reign, show that the Dominican Republic is on the road to sustainable development, which will be sup-ported by the UN.

The demands to bring corrupt officials of the previous government to court cul-minated in mid-September in the claim to hold a “People's Court” to former President Leonel Fernández. The ruling party, the opposition party PRD and Frente Amplio rejected such demands strictly. If someone is accused, it has to be be done by regular courts, as the law requires. The armed forces initiated an investigation where these demands came from. Ex-president Hipólito Mejía (PRD) called on Präsdident Medina to tell what he found after taking office, and he hoped that also one of “these bandits” will end in court, and not just the “chicken

thieves”. The things for which he is respon-sible must fall at the feet of Ex-President Fernández.Danilo Medina reaffirmed his commitment to an “ethical policy”, but it was not his job to track corruption, as there is the sepa-ration of powers.

According to his declaration, the assets of President Danilo Medina Sánchez have a value of 21 million pesos. This figure in-cludes his cash, two houses in Santo Domin-go and three SUVs. The president's salary is 135,000 pesos.The vice president and wife of the former president, Margarita Cedeño de Fernández, saved a little more: 24 million pesos.

Danilo Medina at the UNSecretary-General commends Measures / Hipólito: Not only Chicken Thieves to Justice!

To make the difference clearer to the 50-peso bill, the Central Bank edits new 200-peso bills since early October. The old two hundreds will still be valid until their com-plete replacement. The difference is mainly in the coloration - so the two bars on the front and back side will not be gray any more, but green.For more information on the new 200-peso bill, interested can check it in the Internet: www.bancentral.gov.do (link: RD$ 200.00), and www.youtube.com / BancoCentralRD.

The Dominican Medical College (CMD) and the project PDT2 announced at the signing of a plan

to reduce tobacco consumption, that in the Dominican Republic, 29 percent of the rural

population are smokers. In the cities the number of smokers is at 17 percent. The project to reduce the number of smokers is funded by the National Cancer Institute of the United States. Sergio Díaz of PTD2, who is also director of the hospital Juan XXIII in Santiago, called on the people to demand their right for clean air in public places. It is planned to set up non-smoking areas in the cities.

Some 25,000 volunteers followed the call of the Environment Foundation Vida Azul this year and collected more than 22 tons of trash on 77 beaches and more than 30 rivers on 15 September.Environment Minister Bautista Rojas Gómez said the most rubbish were bottles and plastic lids, followed by Styrofoam con-tainers in which food is brought, plastic cutlery and plastic cups as well as glass and plastic bags. Rojas Gómez praised the in-volvement of students who have parti-cipated with great enthusiasm in the cam-paign, which is organized every year.

Prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso was concerned about the domestic violence that exists among couples for the control of the part-ner's mobile phone.Another topic of great con-cern was about the “huge”

number of complaints coming to the courts about the sending of very compromising photos of minors by mobile phones.

The Chief of Police, José Armando Polanco Gómez made it clear once more to the criminals of the country on 19 September: There are only three ways for them: the hospital, jail or the cemetery.That the Dominican police is not joking, they showed on 11 and 12 September, when six suspects were killed in shootouts in different parts of the country within 24 hours. In the following eleven days there were added four more. All those who have been killed were sought after by the police.At least 400 police agents who were “out on loan” to private concerns or government officials were returned to duty at their posts around Santo Domingo, following orders from Major General José Armando Polanco Gómez. These officers and many new recruits will be used on patrol duties as part of an initiative aimed at reducing crime in the nation's capital. According to reports, the latest crackdowns have led to a 15 percent reduction in the homicide rate and crime since 15 August.

New 200-Pesos BillMore Smokers in the Countryside than in the Cities / Police shoot ten in twelve Days

Anyone at the age of 16 who kills or robs another one, knows just like a 25-year-old that he is committing a se-rious crime. That was one of the justifications for the claim from all social classes, to increase the penalties for juvenile offenders clearly. For there were many shocking cases of horrendous crimes comitted by teenagers, like that of the underage murderers of several taxi drivers in Santo Domingo, who jeered the relatives of the victims in the courtroom, laughing that in three years they will be free again.Subsequently the Chamber of Deputies now decided to raise the maximum penal-ties for minors significantly. For the age 13 to 15 year the maximum penalty is elevated from three to ten years and for 16 and 17-year olds from five to 15 years. According to a survey of the daily newspaper “Diario Listín”, after the publication of Law 136-03, which still has to be confirmed by the Senate, 70 percent of the respondents agreed with the aggravation, the accept-ance among the readers of the newspaper “Hoy” was even higher - in the Internet edition 88 percent clicked “Sí”.But there are also other voices, like Marta Pérez Mencia (photo above), President of

the Psychological So-ciety. She says, longer sentences for teen-agers will not reduce the violence in the country.Also, UNICEF and the civil rights movement Collective Woman and Health protested against the increase of penalties. It was necessary to improve the education and quality of life, reduce social inequality and tackle poverty. The fight against crime is directed only against the poor and minors, while the corrupt, that destroy society and the state, would be spared by the judiciary.Police Chief José Armando Polanco Gómez (Photo above) advocates for the tightening, although for him, this can not be the solution of the problem. However, it is no longer bearable that teenagers deliberately commit serious crimes every day, and if they are arrested, they insist on being underage. The society needed to bring under control these juvenile delinquents finally, argues Po-lanco Gómez.The senators are also divided on the issue. Julio César Valentín, president of the Justice Commission of the Senate said, the retail of drugs must be prevented, where teenagers kill each other. Deputy Teodoro Ursino Reyes said that the country could no longer protect minors who killed, raped and robbed.

The Dominican Council of Evangelical Unity (Codue) has reiterated its stance that the modification of the Minors Code does not resolve the basic problem in a society that is incapable of applying measures for the care, protection and safety of children. Codue president Fidel Lorenzo Meran said that the Minors Code is an achievement for Domi-nican society, since it confirms the commit-ments taken on by the State, but that an increase in sentences is a drastic step. He said that he thought that modifying the Code would not make much difference in terms of the behavior of minors on the streets. Therefore, he urged the promotion of a quality integrated education, based on Christian and social values, which guarantee a life based on solidarity, respect and justice.

Increase of PenaltiesJuvenile Offenders can be jailed for longer / Applause and Protests for tightened Laws

With faces hidden by jackets, the four for-mer soldiers of the United Nations stabiliza-tion force in Haiti, MINUSTAH, appeared in court in Montevideo, the capital of Uru-guay, to face charges of rape of a Haitian boy in September 2011. They hoped that their case was being shelved, but the judge ruled otherwise. The four, aged between 22 and 29 years, had not been convicted of sexual abuse but of violence on wards, which is defined as “violence or threats applied on someone in order to force him to do, to tolerate or not to do something”, which is threatened with prison up to three years.The Haitian boy traveled to Uruguay in May, where he identified the accused and

had to take a psychological examination. He testified that the violation lasted 15 minutes, on the video taken by the soldiers, the “joke”, as they conceived it, lasted 45 seconds.

The new Haitian government is serious about protecting the environment. From this 1st of October, the import, production and sale of black plastic bags and Styrofoam containers, such as plates, cups and food containers, is prohibited. Like here, these items are omnipresent in daily life in Haiti too - these almost unbelievable polluters that leave streets filthy, clog canals and rivers and pollute the sea. Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe says: “Importing and manufacturing bio-degradable items will benefit Haiti’s short-, mid- and long-term environmental interest.”In Haiti the black plastic bags are the primary mode for transporting items among Haiti’s poor who shuffle back and forth to open air street markets on an almost daily basis. They also are a key, but dangerous, ingredient in curbside cooking, helping food cook faster. The bags and containers are then dumped haphazardly into canals.

For environmentalists, the behaviour in many countries of the Third World is a problem because the plastic is cheap and easy to dispose of, but there rarely are existing recycling systems. So billions of plastic bags, together with other plastic trash sooner or later end in the sea where they are killing countless seabirds, sea turtles and other sea animals. Plastic waste doesn't degrade biologically, but only breaks into smaller and smaller parts and pollutes the environment for many decades.

Haiti's President Michel Martelly called on the 67th United Nations General Assembly that his country would continue to need international help urgently. The help received until today was mainly needed to feed the population, it is not enough for the reconstruction of the country destroyed in big parts by an earthquake in 2010. Haiti is still a country where everything is missing, says Martelly.The Special Envoy of the UN Office for Haiti announced this week that more than half of the 5,330 million dollars pledged by donors to rebuild the Caribbean nation have already been distributed. However, Martelly said that more financial assistance for the reconstruction is needed, estimated at 12 billion dollars.

Former MINUSTAH-Members jailedHaiti bans Plastic Bags and Styrofoam Containers / More Money for Reconstruction

You are looking for ways to build a new structure for yourself and so, along the way, much of where you’ve been or what you’re qualified to do, or the role others expect you to play will be useful but may now need re-thinking or up-grading so you can feel more secure and get the status or re-cognition you deserve. It would be wise not to overlook things or allow blurred boun-daries when it comes to money or property.

This will be a cycle of reaching for better things materially and physically. By utilizing your talents and skills as well as possessions, property or other lines of supply which can nourish or heal - or be transformed into cash. Natural resources, equipment or a bet-ter venue will flow more readily towards you over the coming months. The pressure on you could be the trigger for you to be more in the centre of your own power.

Your familiar way of thinking and inter-preting the world will change, maybe in ways you never expected. Certain events could be a revelation to you and you are inspired by the implications. Foreigners or new areas of interest will expand your consciousness and teach you things which are unfamiliar or innovative and uncon-ventional. More travel or contact with far-away places or languages is likely.

You’ll be feeling sober and cautious enough to lay the foundations for new conditions and ultimately, a happier, easier life. But nothing happens fast. You’ll have to stick with it and navigate a few obstacles. Over a long period, through your choices, you should be taking basic steps to build into your life those elements and practices which allow you to develop your know-ledge and understanding.

Your base of operations could change, expand or move completely. This is a good time to relocate, or have intermittent access to an environment you prefer, which may be at a distance. You will be learning new things through family, neighbours or those in the community both at home or over the wires, even though it may be a culture or mindset which is strange, exotic or simply not what you are used to.

You have to lay aside your own desires re-lated to career or general life-direction and make yourself available in a more selfless or nurturing way because it serves or promotes goodwill. A time, great for those involved publicly in the arts or in things like medicine, hospitality, healing, spirituality, charities and anything which serves the common good. This vibration will also support you and spur you towards greater flights of imagination.

New doors in your career sector and your general life direction will swing open, the cards will be stacked in your favour related to advancement in the world - whether that means career opportunities or something coming along to expand your life through new interests. Recognition and success could be coming your way. Communica-tions across a wider stage, travel or foreign connections could be part of the picture.

You should plunge into unfamiliar social environments and cast your nets really wide if you are hunting for a mate or teacher/ advisor or your ideal business associate or employer. This is a period when you can discover a better outlet or venue to share your knowledge and experience with others. If you work with the public or in one to one situations then you could find your popu-larity growing over this period.

Change is afoot! Things you didn’t expect to happen will happen - some liberating, some disruptive and uncomfortable, but ultimately freeing you up. It’s not good or bad, it’s just the winds of change ripping off twigs and branches and uprooting you from your fami-liar rut. Sometimes its not easy and things may feel somewhat up in the air or you are holding your breath as you wonder how this or that thing is going to turn out.

You are in a long cycle of having to be better organized with speculative projects, an enterprise, or the kinds of activities you or others find entertaining. Adverse condi-tions or obstacles are more than likely to affect any of these areas. More structure and discipline will be needed for those involved in romance, or promotional or performance-type activities, so take the long view, as nothing will happen quickly here.

A wider range of options will open up. Your horizons will broaden in new ways as you touch new areas of interest and get your head around new concepts. Through educa-tion, travel or hands-on, direct experience, you are plunged into new ventures and activities which increase your understanding and give you the chance to share your knowledge and abilities with others from different backgrounds.

Work opportunities flow in your direction more easily now, but you should avoid to grab the first thing that comes along. You might get a much wider array of options to choose from, but the danger is that you get greedy and want to bite off more than you can chew. So you will need to separate the wheat from the chaff and get more organized. You should try to cast your nets wider related to health and wellbeing.

Your Horoscope for October 2012New Doors open for Virgo / Sagittarius' Popularity grows / Taurus should utilize Talents

On this Sun-day, October 7, about 19 million Venezu-elans have to decide, who will rule their country for the next six years. The election is a choice of di-rection, whe-ther the left-wing President

Hugo Chávez will continue to govern, or whether the right-wing candidate of the party alliance MUD (Mesa de la Unidad Democrática - Table of Democratic Unity), 40-year-old Henrique Capriles Radonski, will become the next president.Capriles tried to take advantage of the cancer of President Hugo Chávez, and traveled crisscrossing Venezuela in recent months to show voters that he is the one who will be there for them. Whether that was successful, will be seen shortly.President Hugo Chávez has reportedly over-come the cancer and assures the electorate that the social programs of the government, the so-called “misiones” which support the poor, will be continued. But if Capriles won the elections, all these benefits would disappear. “Do you think that a government with the greatest rich bourgeois will care about the needs of the people? Do you think the health care system, public, free and of good quality, will be continued by a government of the bourgeoisie?” Chávez asks the voters.Capriles accuses Chávez of squandering Venezuelan assets to other countries. “I have nothing against Chinese or against another brother from another country The reserves belong to Venezuela, Venezuelans must be those who exploit these reserves,” Capriles said a day after Chavez announced that he will sign an agreement with China's Citic Group, who will exploit one of the

largest gold deposits in the world in the state of Bolívar.Moreover, Capriles warned the government that the people will demand “respect” on the streets, if he won the elections on 7 October and the government should not acknowledge his victory. He accuses Chá-vez to train militia men to make sure to stay in power, even he loses the elections. But the latest survey by Datanálisis gives Chávez clear 14.7 points ahead of Capriles, 18 days before the election.To ensure a smooth electoral process, the Government sent 139,000 men and women of the army to guard the polling stations. The army will ensure peace and tranquility in the elections and stop any violence.

About two months ago, Venezuela with-drew ambassador Alfredo Murgas Riva from Santo Domingo, without sending another one. On 15 June, former President Leonel

Fernández planned to accredit the new ambassa-dor Alber-to Roy Da-za, who didn't come. Now it is speculated that Vene-zuela will wait until after the elections. They said Murgas have fulfilled his mission in the Dominican Republic. In June, Murgas Riva criticized the high fuel prices in the country, although the Dominican Republic gets spe-cial rates far below the world market price for Venezuelan oil through the Petrocaribe Agreement.

Elections in VenezuelaDecision on 7 October / Military will guard the Polls / Venezuelan Ambassador withdrawn

The First Annual Puerto Plata Trade Show, POP Discover 2012 is scheduled for 19-21 October at the Ocean World Park. This is THE event for learning about the great advantages and attractions of the north coast region. The event is

organized by the Puerto Plata Tourism & Cultural Cluster (CTDPP) and the Association of Hotels of the North (Ashonorte). During POP Discover

2012, attendees will learn about hotel renovations and new offers, new tours and

optional activities, natural and cultural attractions and tourist services of all kinds available in the area. Enjoy fun tours in the city, check out industry trends and developments, strengthen existing business relationships with suppliers, and promote business among tour operators and travel agencies.

POP Discover 2012First Annual Puerto Plata Trade Show in October / Presenting Tourism and Hotel Sector

Enjoy the OKTOBERFEST in the Caribbean with original Munich celebration Beer of PaulanerEnjoy the OKTOBERFEST in the Caribbean with original Munich celebration Beer of Paulaner

GameYcles by Pablo Baqués

Here is the solution for chinese bill number 13307819. It can be numeryclized with P=9 points as shown in the picture. Short form: 13307819, 13370819, 13472922, t2, s7, P9.

This bill solution was optimized at The Lazy Dog Bar and Grill in Cabarete Beach. Congratulations to staff members who participated in the process! The Lazy Dog is thinking of adopting GameYcles as its official game. So come and enjoy a rum punch and join in the LazYcles!

Reminder of GameYcles steps:1. Write the serial number of the bill in the top line.2. Decide what two-digit number you will use for your Numerycle.3. Develop the Numerycle. If you are using 13 as in today's example: 13472922.4. Transfer and add as needed so that you obtain the Numerycles' digits.5. Figure out P = t + s by adding one point for each transfer (t) and as many points as you added (s).

If you still have doubts, come to the Lazy Dog where experts will clarify any obscure points. Next challenge? 84166167, courtesy of Mrs Darcy, in Argentina. See you October 17!

X-Sudoku

Each row, column and square has to contain the numbers from 1 to 9. X-Sudoku must show these numbers also on the two dia-gonal lines. Solutions on page 16.

Sudoku No. 157

Sudoku No. 158

The Difference

Howard is 95 and lives in a senior citizen home. Every night after dinner, Howard goes to a secluded garden behind the center to sit and ponder his accomp-lishments and long life. One evening, Annabel, age 87, wanders into the garden. They begin to chat, and before they know it, several hours have passed. After a short lull in their con-versation, Howard turns to Annabel and asks, “Do you know what I miss most of all?” She asks, “What?” “Sex!” Annabel exclaims, “Why you old bum, you couldn't get it up if I held a gun to your head!” “I know,” Howard says, “but it would be nice if a woman just held it for a while.” “Well, I can oblige”, says Annabel, who gently un-zips his trousers, removes his manhood and proceeds to hold it. Afterward, they agree to meet secretly each night in the garden where they would sit and talk and Annabel would hold Howard's manhood.Then, one night, Howard didn't show up at their usual meeting place. Alarmed, Annabel decided to find Howard and make sure that he was O.K. She walked around the senior citizen home where she found him sitting by the pool with another female resident who was holding Howard's manhood! Furious, Annabel yelled, “You bastard! What does she have that I don't have?!” Howard smiled happily and replied, “Parkinson's.”

The man asked God, “Why did you make the woman so beautiful?” God answered, “That you like her!” “But, God, why did you make her that stupid?” And God answered, “That she likes you, too!”

Mafalda Mafalda

More than 22,000 people might die if the Dominican government does not provide the necessary funds to cover the cost of the drugs for the patients who are living with the HIV virus in the country, says Darío García, director of the non-governmental AIDS coalition.

García said that the Global Fund, which donated more than 13 million dollars on drugs for people living with this disease over

the years, announced that they will start to reduce the support for the country gradually from 2013 and stop it definitely in 2015. So the Dominican state has to pay 60 percent next year and guarantee the entire amount for the necessary drugs from 2015. Health insurance covers only 4,000 pesos a year.

LA SABIA The Page of Health

In DangerCare of the AIDS-Patients

Avelino Yunior Figueroa was born in Los Mina in Santo Domingo on 24 January 1983 and raised by his grandmother after his mother died. At 13 he started rapping and was a member of several groups. As it is common in the genre, “Lápiz Conciente” (Conscious Pencil), as the rapper now called himself, had big differences with various colleagues who incited against each other with their so called “Tiraderas”. With the song “Tengo un bajo a hierba encima” (I stink of grass), he caused a stir because the song was banned. Now Lápiz Conciente tries to make more deliberate music in order to start an international career, hence the title of the new album, “Lápiz mundial”, which contains this song, was recorded for the taste of the “normal” audience.

En la vida uno nunca piensaque va conocer personastan maravillosas como tu.Yo no tengo palabras para describirlo que siento por ti, tu eres mi luzy yo quiero decirte queaunque tu no me creasaunque tu pienses que tengo pila de mujereyo quiero que sepas quesi las estrellas del cielo se puedan compraryo compraria el sol para un ser tan especial como tu, tan linda y bella, doncella preciosa,tu ere una rosa que nunca se marchita.Tu ere bonita, tan cariñosa,tan coquetica, tan amorosa,tu mi cosita, mi bella esposa,tan tiernesita, tu ere una diosa.La osa mayor de la constelación,te adoro, amo mi relación contigo por que vales oro.Tu mi vaquita, mami, yo soy tu toro,yo soy el pirata y tu ere el tesoro,que yo encontré, tal vez por que te merecía,encontré el amor que no encontraba ni la CIALlégale a la armonía, música con melodía.Mira como tu conviertes un tiguere con bujía.Yo te amo tanto, negra, tu ni te imaginaquiero tu corazón, no me interesa tu vagina.Por ti yo pago doble y dejo propina.Por ti yo seco el mar y endereso las esquina.Por que ante de ti yo no era nadie.Tal vez un simple vagabundo.Tu le da paz a mi interior y a mi alma.Como tu nadie en este mundo, bebé.Yo no te quiero perdertu ere mi linda mujer,la que yo amo en la vida.Por eso, mami, yo no te quiero perder ...Es que contigo aprendolo que la calle no enseña.Si no hablara tu idiomalo hicieramo por seña.Y si el negro no te preñaque lo traiga la cigüeña.De mi mente y corazónmami chula eres la dueña.No tengo queja, en mi alma se reflejatu la única en mi vida, inseparable pareja.me muero si te aleja, yo soy la miel tu la abeja.Deja que el tiempo fluya y que la relación sea viejay se ponga como el vino, tu y yo tenemo algo fino,saludable y natural como el ajo y el pepino.Yo nunca te haria daño y si por cosa del destinomi carne te falla seguiré siendo un canalla.Pero que nunca te olvida y si tengo otra vidate lo juro princesita que te volveria a amar.Lavaría mis pecados con las olas del mar.Es que si tu me falta ya nada será igual.Sabes por que te quiero, mi amor no tiene pero.Mi amor es sano aunque no tenga dinero.Mami, perdóname si alguna vez te celoy si muero te seguiré cuidando desde el cielo.Solo te pido no me olvides.Yo voy a amarte hasta la muerte.Recuerda todo lo que hemos vividoy a Dios pidámosle la suerte.Yo no te quiero perder …

In life you never think,that you get to know people,as wonderful as you.I don't have the words to describe,what I feel for you, you are my lightand I want to tell youeven you don't believe me,even you think, I have piles of women,I want you to know thatif you could buy the stars of heaven,I would buy the sunfor a being as special as you,so pretty and beautiful, precious princess,you're a rose that never wilts.You're beautiful, so tender,so flirtatious, so loving,you my little thing, my beautiful wife,so tender, you're a goddess.The Great Bear of the constellation,I adore you, I love my relationship with you, because you're worth gold.You my little cow, Mami, I'm your bull,I'm a pirate and you're the treasureI found, because I probably deserved you,I found the love that didn't find even the CIA.Get to the harmony, music with melody.See how you transform a Tíguere with plug.I love you so much, Negra, you don't imagine, I want your heart, your vagina doesn't interest me. For you, I'll pay double and leave a tip.For you, I dry the sea and straighten corners. Because before you I was nobody.Perhaps a simple vagabond.You give peace to my heart and my soul.There's nobody like you in this world, baby.I don't want to lose you,you're my beautiful wife,that I love in the life.Therefore, Mami, I don't want to lose you ...Because with you I learnwhat the street does not teach.If I did not speak your language,would we do it with signs.And if the negroe doesn't impregnate you,might it bring the stork.Of my mind and heart,Mami chula, you're the owner.I have no complaint, in my soul reflectyou, the only one in my life, unseparable couple. I die, if you go away, I'm the honey, you the bee. Let the time flowand the relationship grow old,that it will become like the wine,you and I, we have something fine,healthy and natural as garlic and cucumber.I would never hurt you, and if for matters of fate my flesh fails, I go on being a scoundrel. But never forgetyou, and if I have a different life, I swear to you, princess, I would love you again. I would wash my sins with the waves of the sea. Because if I miss you, nothing will be the same. You know why I love you, my love has not a “but”. My love is healthy, even if I have no money. Mami, forgive me if I'm jealous sometimes, and when I die, I will watch over you from heaven.All I ask you for, do not forget me.I will love you until death.Remember all that we have experiencedand God we ask for happiness.I don't want to lose you ...

What is he singing?“No te quiero perder”

by Lápiz Conciente

When Cupid's arrow strikes, even the hardest Tígueres (tough guys) get poetic, otherwise monotonous rappers suddenly become melodic. Current example: Lápiz Conciente.

For many years it was one of the big mysteries, where Carlos Gardel was truly born. Gardel, the greatest Tango-artist of all times, who is a national hero in Argentina, after whom streets and squares are named. Of course, for the Argentineans it was clear that it can only be Argentine.Carlos Gardel died in a plane crash in Me-dellín, Colombia, on 24 of June 1935. This fact in not controversial at all. But where was he born?Last year there appeared documents from neighboring Uruguay, including a passport from 1927, according to which Gardel was born as Zorzal Criollo on 11 December 1887 in Tacuarembó, 390 kilometers north-east of the capital, Montevideo.Now, the three authors of the book “El padre de Gardel” claimed that they have found the original birth crtificate of the Argentine king of Tango in the town hall of Toulouse in France, issued on 11 of Decem-ber 1890. For author Esteban this was not very surprising, because France was in a closer choice as the birthplace all those years of uncertainty.

Since June, there were rumors about a pregnant Shakira. Now Shakira tweeted: “Gérard (Pi-qué) and I are very happy and waiting for the arrival of our baby."

The U.S. Bachata star with Dominican roots, Prince Royce, was surprised of the action of his former producer Sergio George, who ac-cused the artist of ingratitude. He, George, had put all his energy, experience and hope in Prince Royce, who was discovered by him. Prince Royce had broken his contract for three albums and wanted to take his career into his own hands after being successful. George's company Top Stop Music accuses Geoffrey Royce Rojas, so his real name, of breaching the contract, unjust enrichment and escape of a contract and sued Prince Royce for two million dollars, the sum the company has invested in his career. Prince Royce does not understand all the fuss and wrote in facebook that he was “calm and trusting that in the end truth and justice will win. I will always be professional and not be tempted to defame someone. Please let the courts decide, while we continue our music. I adore you all and thank you for the great support.”

Whose bed you share, whose fruits you'll harvest - or something like that goes a say-ing. After prosecutor Yeni Berenice Reynoso certified Música-urbana-singer Omega the potential to become a wife killer after a psychological test and sent him to jail for three months for beating the dancer Yuly Mercedes López (“Renata”), this woman appeared after several weeks, and said that this was not true at all! She had accused Omega unfairly because she was jealous.Now Omega's lawyers set a limit to release him within 24 hours, otherwise they would file a constitutional complaint against Yeni Berenice Reynoso and Ana Andrés Villa Camacho, Commissioner for the investi-gation of violence against women, and apply for their arrest.Meanwhile, Omega started a hunger strike.

Julio Iglesias will say good-bye to 2012 with a concert at the amphi-theater of Altos de Cha-vón close to La Romana.Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, who is also Do-minican citizen, spends several months a year at

his home in Punta Cana. He will close his artistic activities this year with a big concert. His current tour will end in May 2013.

Prince RoyceSued by Record Company

Carlos GardelBorn in France

“Renata”Omega didn't beat me!

ShakiraConfirmed Pregnancy

Julio IglesiasConcert in Altos de Chavón

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Small finca, 10,000 sqm with fruit trees (100 trees), beautiful house with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 studios, pool 8 x 4 m, cistern 80,000 liters, electric plant, Inverter, pavilion with seating, water + electricity 24 hrs, title unencumbered, 275,000 US$. [email protected], Phone 809-651-1816 or 809-712-4321

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New Bungalowabout 36 sq.m., completely furrnished

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Glosed and guarded parking.24h electricity and clean water,

High-Speed WiFi Internet and all the 247 international TV-programs.

Long term rental: US$378+ US$60 add. costs/p.m.

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Apartment, Sosúa, 5 min. to the beach, 80 sq.m., 2 bedrooms w. bath, fully furn., kitchen, terrace, pool, tennis court, guarded, UD$450/ month extra costs incl. 809-571-1822

Top portion of house 2,500 sq. feet, 2 Br, @ bath, Furnished house, Vacant. Sosua. Conveniently located. Secured property, US$950 per month. Call Brenda 809-983-9019 or 809-571-1140

CONDO/Apt. Rental/SOSÚA2 Bedrooms, 2 bathrooms with tub and showersLong Term Rental price US$400 plus electricFirst floor, no steps, perfect for handicapedAir Conditioned, Great Internet, 24 hour non-stop electricCable TV/Hot Water/Electric safesFlatscreen TV 32 inch SonyFully furnished including kitchenMicro Wave/Stove/Refrigerator /Coffee MakerExcellent location, Clean and Secure, QuietLocated on the Sosúa Strip walk within a few steps to Shops, BarsRestaurants, Beach, Banks/ATMs, Fruit Market, Grocery Store etc.Call 829-381-0511 or email [email protected]

Lower Apt., Duplex 2 BR. 2 Bath, Vacant. Secured property Sosua. Conveniently located. US$375 per month. First & last month rent. Call Brenda 809-983-9019 or 809-571-1140

Beautiful apartment in La Mulata, 1 bedroom, bath, great dining area with open-plan kitchen, tastefully furnished, 58 sq.m. TV, WiFi, Inverter, beautiful garden and parking lot, very calm. For Long-term-rent available US$ 320 pm + electricity + 2MM Deposit. Call 809-571-9942

For rent: Apartment in Puerto Plata, living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchenette, RD$6,000 + utilities, [email protected], Phone 809-651-1816 or 809-712-4321

Apartment in Maranata, furnished, with garage, RD$2,800/month. Cel. 809-497-6913

Small house in Sosúa, El Batey, in a safe, small compound, living and dining room, American kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, covered terrace, carport, US$450, incl. water, Cable TV, electricity. 2 months deposit. Internet possible. Tel. 809-969-1333.

Shop to rent, Main road Sosúa – Cabarete, at Cerámica Sosúa. Further infos: 809-571-2546

Boat for sale, 19ft BAYLINER, 115 HP Evinrude / trailer Following is new VHF system, Bimini top, paint Color fishfinder/gps/chartplotter, anchor+200ft rope, 10 rod holder also included: Life vests, compass, 1000watt sony mp3/cd/iphone radio, bilge, stainless steel fitting, fenders, much more. 12.500 US neg. 809-884-5858

Thermos jugs, ice bucket, bottle cooler, pump cans of the German World Company ALFI / WMF. Duty free, without freight charges, different models, all new. As long as supplies last. Info. Phone 829-392-7165

German beer dispenser from Bava-ria, ceramic column blue and white, carbon dioxide cylinder, pressure gauge, hoses, keg, very good tap, top condition, RD$20,000. Please call 829-392-7165

Kubota 6.5kW Diesel generator, used as a stand-by genset only (= 867 hours), very economical, with manual, 2,900 $ obo. Further details from: [email protected] or call 809-248-2803

Dining table (1.70 m x 1.00 m), with 2 armchairs and 4 high-back chairs, seat patterned light beige, 1 year old, like new, from a German household, factory price RD$17,500, now only RD$9,500. In Moca, Tel: 849-941-9000 or 829-561-2308, ask for Klaus.

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Organic Moringa Starter Plants in grow bags, Organic Cacao Beans, Dried and Ready to Eat. Organic Raw Cacao in Pods, Giant Bamboo, Cut to Length and More.....call Mark at 829-560-3066 (English)

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2010 Cabrinha Skillet kitesurf board 5'0" for sale. New dakine front pad, the stock rear pad, the foot straps and the fins are included. Email: [email protected]

Restaurant Equip: All Items New, Heavy-Duty, Professional, Commer-cial Grade: Juice-Machine (30-per-minute), Tunnel-Toaster, Panini-Grill (Split-top), Xtreme-Blender (3.5HP), Frozen-Drink-Machine, Popcorn-Ma-chine w-Cart, Hobart 12” Meat-Slicer, Stand-Mixer (5-Qt), Espresso-Cappuc-cino-Latte-Machine (w-Grinder), Gourmet-Displays, Dinnerware & Utensils, Folding Tables & Chairs & more, Call-Prices: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

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Prof Treadmill (Landice L-7), (New 100,000), Only 45,000 OBO, Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44 @hotmail .com

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Power Boss (Honda GC190) Gas Powered (Easy-Start) Pressure Washer (3000 PSI), 25-ft Hose, 10” Wheels (PriceSmart 26,500), Used 5-times, Now Only 20,000, Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44@hotmail .com

Estate Sale: Mahogany Furn (Night Tables, Dressers, Rocking Chairs), Acacia-Wood (Portable Bar w-Stools, Club-Chairs), Folding Tables & Chairs, (New) Security Camera System, (New) Wii & Xbox Game Systems, Popcorn Machine w-Cart, Treadmill, Massage Table, Ladders, Air Compressor, Karaoke Stereo, Computers-Printer-Accessories, & more, Call-Prices: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

iPhone 3gs unlocked. RD$4,500 Tel: 809-750-7618

For rent in SosúaFurnished apartment, 140 sq.m. on 2nd floor, separate entrance, 40 sq.m. Terrace with sea view. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, one with whirlpool. Generous kitchen, eating space, livingroom, washing room, safe and secured com-pound. Close to town, 24 h electricity, own well, cable TV, generator, big pool in tropical garden. Long term rental US$650 plus electricity according to use.

829-333-5403 or [email protected]

Small Businessin Costambarfully furnished and

equipped, incl. apartment.Further Infos at

829-986-0005

SURFLESSION – all day/every day, loving it: 809-963-SURF (7873), 321TAKEOFF.com

Disco-Nightclub Equip: LED Light Strips (Programmable), Black Lights (24” & 48”), Disco Ball, Bubble Machine, Fog Machine, Lasers, Strobes, Karaoke Stereo, & more, Call-Prices: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

Security Camera System: (New) Lorex “All-In-One” Professional Security Camera System (PriceSmart 95,000), Now Only 47,500 (50% Off), Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

Bosch Professional Rotary Hammer Drill (GBH-4-DFE SDS Plus), (Ochoa 36,500), Now Only 25,000, Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44@ hotmail.com

Hardware-Tools: 36-ft Ext Ladder, 17-ft Multi-Purpose Ladder, 3-N-1 Hand-Truck (1,000-lb, Adjustable Dolly), 20-gal Air Comp, 3-gal Air Comp, Electric Power Washer (1,450 PSI), Wet-Dry Vac (16-gal, 6.5HP), Steam Cleaning Machine, Mechanics Tool-Set (171-pcs), Clamp Meter, 30” Bolt Cutters, Halogen Const Lights, Painting Equip, & more, Call-Prices: 829-322-8982 / Email: uniq44 @hotmail.com

Motorcycle leather jacket with fringes, brown, size 52, new, super quality and stable. RD$8,000, Phone 829-392-7165.

Motorbike Vento Rebellian, year 2007, RD11,000. Call: 809-261-4061, 809-465-5581

Toyota FJ Cruiser, 2009. 4WD, 6.0 cylinder, 4.0L, 31,000 km, Color white. Bargain Price: US$27,500. Call 829 399 0837

Hyundai Elantra 2001; 104,000 km; 4 cyl, 2.0 L; electric sun roof, windows, doors. RD$279,000. Email: [email protected]

Land Rover Discovery L3, 2007, 6 diesel, full loaded, green color, 220,000 km, 30 miles on a galon. US$26,000. Email: info@nicepeople networking.com

Suzuki Gran Vitara 2008. RD$670,000; 72,481 km; golden. Email: [email protected]

Toyota Sequoia 2003. RD$575,000; 102,385 km; blanco. Email: [email protected]

Cadillac Escalade (2004), Pearl White, Fully-Loaded, Low Miles, Great Condition, Only $18,000 OBO, Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

Custom 22” Chrome Wheels/Tires, GWG “Savanti”, (New 90,000), Only 45,000, Call: 829-322-8982 / Email: [email protected]

Looking for binoculars. Offers at 829-610-8506 (only German or Spanish)

Licensed and accredited Pharma-ceutical Biochemist, Dominican resident, is willing to rent her accreditations and certifications to interested parties to open Pharmacy drugstore in DR. Contact e mail: [email protected]

Looking for dwarf rabbits. Offers at 829-610-8506 (only German or Spanish)

Birds for sale by breeder: Budgies, cockatiels, lovebirds, finchen and more. Contact Andrea: 809-462-8140 or [email protected]

Three adorable Kittens need your help. Beautiful, healthy, playful ginger kittens need a loving home. Call 829-424-0795 or 829-633-4022.

Rottweiler-Doberman mix, 18 months old, all vaccinations, alert, used to children, to leave due to relocation, RD$4,500. Phone 809-924-9227

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